Razor blade package



March 7, 1933. ||D R NOYES RAZOR BLADE PACKAGE Filed Nov. 20L 1951 n.Norme, or

' edges cannot contact container.

APatented Mar. 7,

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFlcE ICADOO,

IOBVIANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASIGNOR- T0 WILLI-m G.

OF L05 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA nazca :mann Pacman' l application meanovember ao, resi. serial No. 570,245.

This invention relates 4to safety razor blades, and particu arly topackages for slotted blades.

A broad ob'ect of the invention 1s to sunplify the pa aging of safetyrazor blades and to provide aI container that will ve adequateprotection to the delicate cutting edge or edges 'of a razor blade, andthat will `permit of the `ready and convenient removal of the bladestherefrom by the user.

As is well known, most safety razor blades are .used as they come fromthe package, without sharpenin therefore, it is important that the bladewell protected by the package to revent impairment of its delicatecutting e ge or edges during shipment and hanlin Hretofore, blades havebeen commonly packed by wrapping each blade in wax paper, then placingit in an individual envelope, and placing a number of blades soprotected in an ordinary cardboard container. This method of packin isobjectionable because of the large num r of operations necessary to wrapeach blade, the fact that the delicate cutting edges may come intodirect contact with the Wrapping, and the inconvenience of havmg to freeeach blade from its multitudinous individual wrappings before it can beused.

in accordance with the present invention il eliminate the necessity ofwrapping slotted razor blades individually,by providing a containerhavinga central guide adapted to fit in the slots in the blades andthereby center them in the container so that the cutting with the wallsof the This simplifies the original packaging of the blades and theirsubsequent removal from the package by the consumer, and also gives morecomplete protection against mechanical injury to the cutting edges ofthe blades than is given by individual wrappings.

The invent-ion will now be explained with reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the component partsof my package with blades positioned therein;

ackages for v Figure 2 is a. perspective view of a portion of thepackage with the blades removed;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of a closed container containingblades Figure 4` is a cross sectional IV-IV of Figure B;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a blade separator that may be tainer;and

. Figure 6 is a perspective view of an alternative form of constructionto that shown in Fi re 2.

y package comprises an inner retaining member 1 and an outer telesco ingcontainer 2, into which the member 1 is adlapted to slide.

view in the The inner 'member 1 is preferably madef of cardboard orheavy paper and has secured thereto a guidemember 3, which is alsopreferably made ofcardboard or heavy paper. The member 3 may beconstructed and attached to the member 1 in various Ways but l havefound it convenient to form the upper projecting tongue 4 b doubling thematerial back on itself an then forming wings 5 b bending the ends ofthe folded piece at rig 't angles to the tongue 5. Wings 5 may then besecured tothe member 1 by glue or other suitable adhesive.

The member 1 is scored at points 6 to facilitate the bending back of theends over the central portion to which the guide member 3 is attached,and one end is provided with a slot 7 adapted to it over the top of thetdngue 4 when it is folded flat.

' An alternative method of forming the member 1 is shown in Figure 6 inwhich parts corresponding to those of Figure 2are indicated b the samenumerals with the suliix a ad ed. ln this instance the tongue 4a isformed by cutting out and bending back a section of the member 1aitself. If desired,

the slot in the cover portion 10a may be conused with my conand a slotmidway between the edges. These blades are packaged in accordance withmy invention by simply placing them on the base member 1, the tongue 4extending upward through the slots in the blades and holding them firmlyin proper position. lf desired, the blades may be separated by slottedsheets of wax paper of the shape shown in Figure 5 to prevent contactbetween adjacent blades and to aid in preventing moisture from reachingthe blades. These wax sheets are preferably slightly larger than theblades, as shown in Figure 5, in which a blade 8 is shown positionedbetween two waxed sheets 9. Suiiicient blades, with or without waxedsheets therebetween, are stacked on the member 1 to almost but not quitereach the top of the ton e 4. The end 10 of the member 1 contaimng slot7 is then folded over on top of the blades so that the slot 7 engagesthe top of tongue 4. The opposite end 11 of member 1 is then folded downon top of the end 10 and the complete assembly inserted in the outercover 2. The positions of all the elements of the package when it hasbeen filled and closed are clearly shown in the cross sectional view ofFigure 3.

llt should be particularly noted that the edges of the blades, supportedas described by the tongue 4, are positively prevented from contactingthe walls of the package. Thus, referring to Figure 4, it will be seenthat the base 1'is of greater width than the blades to be packaged andthat the edges of member 1 contact with the edges of the outer container2. @bviously the member 1, because of its greater width, positivelyprevents the blades moving laterally into contact with the edges ofmember 2.

'llhe provision of a slot in the end 10 of member 1 which folds down ontop of the blades in thepackage is also most important as this slotengages the upper end of the tongue 4 and thus centers the tongue withrespect to the sides of the cover 2. Even should the whole package becrushed so that it assumes the shape shown in dotted lines in Figure 4,the tongue 4 is at all times maintained by the slotted end 10 inparallel relation to the sides of the outer container 2, thus preventingthe edges of the blades from contacting with the container. Anotherpractical advantage of the present container is that the removal of theblades therefrom is greatly simplified. Thus, the only operationsnecessary to obtain a. blade from this package are, first, the

removal ofthe inner member 1 from the cover 2, fsecond, folding back theends 11 and 10. and, third, lifting a blade from the stack surroundingthe tongue 4.

l claim:

A. container for slotted razor blades comaeeaava aged, a tab' of sheetmaterial extending perpendicularly from said base portion to engage withslots in blades to be :vv ckaged and retain them in position, one otheends of said base element being extended to fold back Hat against bladespositioned on said tab and having a slot therein for receiving the upver edge of said tab and the other end of sald) base element beingextended to4 fold back lat on top ofsaid first end, said other end beingsubstantially imperforate whereby it rests against the top edge of saidtab projecting t rough said slot in said first end, and outer enc osingmeans for maintaining said ends flat against each other and againstblades in the ackage.' I

Signed at s Angeles, California this 14th day of November 1931.

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